Identifying and responding to the mental health service needs of children who have experienced violence: A community-based approach

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-203

  Drotar, Dennis ^a   Flannery, Daniel ^b   Day, Elsie ^c   Friedman, Steve ^d   Creeden, Rosemary ^d   Gartland, Heidi ^a   McDavid, Lolita ^a   Tame, Craig ^e   MaTaggart, Matthew J ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cuyahoga County Children's W V P   (United States)

^d Lutheran Medical Center   (United States)

^e Cuyahoga County Witness Victim P   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis intervention; Domestic violence; Mental health services for children and adolescents; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EVALUATION; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SYMPTOM; THREAT;

EID: 0038069003     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104503008002004     Document Type: Article

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